Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Health and Medical Administrative Services at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,971
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,507
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,821
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $150k (likely $150k – $203k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.9 years (likely 8.5–14.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$172k (likely −$268k – −$105k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $65k (likely −$75k – $216k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$113,302
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$59,930
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$41,318
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$40,680
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$34,620
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$32,907
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$29,029
- Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies (Undergraduate certificate)$24,144
Health and Medical Administrative Services at other schools in Texas
- Baptist Health System School of Health Professions$85,145
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center$80,639
- Texas State University$60,895
- The University of Texas at Dallas$60,602
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$60,419
- Sam Houston State University$55,155
- DeVry University-Texas$52,470
- Texas Southern University$48,426
- American InterContinental University-Houston$47,083
- South University-Austin$46,885